Chandeen was founded in 1990 in Germany by Oliver Henkel and Harald Löwy.
Chandeen's first singer - of Iranian descent - was Aline Akbari, who entered the band in 1991. The second singer, Antje Schulz, joined in 1992. Akbari and Schulz shared vocal responsibilities for the first two years. During the same year Oliver Rösch, founder of the world-famous label Hyperium Records, heard
Chandeen and offered them record deal. The group's first album, Shaded By The Leaves, was recorded without Akbari who left the band some weeks before they were signed. The new singer, Catrin Mallon, sang with Schulz on the first
Chandeen album. In the autumn of 1994, Henkel and Löwy moved to Jutland, Denmark for six weeks to c...
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